Douluo 2: I transmigrated as Huo Yuhao's own sister

Chapter 435 Knockout Tournament Format Released!
"Sister Xiaotao is partial! We want a hug too!" Xiaoxiao, who was a few steps behind, cried out, and her little body fluttered over like a young swallow into the arms, squeezing into the arms which were not particularly crowded.

“Damn it! Why don’t you guys take me with you!” Wang Dong was furious and stomped his feet in dissatisfaction. A golden light flashed on his body and he squeezed into the last bit of space without any hesitation, and stuck closely to Huo Yuhao without noticing.

"Wow~" Huo Yunche and Xiao Xiao coughed maliciously and chuckled.

Ma Xiaotao laughed and shook her head, her soft hands gently swiping and patting the two of them on the head one by one.

This scene really moved the onlookers.

At least that's what Dai Yuheng thought.

He even sat aside with a rather sour look on his face, staring dimly at Ma Xiaotao who was huddled together with the four little ones, and seemed to be mumbling something.

A gleam of light flashed across Beibei's eyes.

He walked slowly past Dai Yuheng, and tilted his ear as he passed by. However, after hearing Dai Yuheng's mumbling, his eyebrows slightly raised, a strange look flashed across his face, and then he pulled away the chair beside him and sat down.

His movements were so smooth that there was no trace of awkwardness as if he had just gone to eavesdrop.

Xu Sanshi raised his eyebrows slightly aware of it.

He took slow and unsteady steps.

He walked a few steps and sat down beside Beibei.

The two of them winked at each other, looking very unrestrained.

Jiang Nannan: Why did she suddenly have the illusion that her best friend was cheated on?

It's hard to say.

He Caitou still had that naive and optimistic look on his face. He even had the leisure to take out a soul guide for recording photos. With a "click", he recorded this rare and heartwarming scene in a book. Then, as if he was holding some treasure, he carefully stuffed it into a brown-red wooden box, and then carefully stuffed the wooden box into the storage soul guide.

All in one go.

Finally stepping into the conference room, Ling Luochen, who had witnessed all the chaos, twitched her lips slightly. With a cold face, she randomly chose the nearest seat to sit down, but the soft light in her eyes could hardly conceal her heart which was not cold at all.

"Cough-cough-"

Wang Yan coughed lightly a few times, briefly interrupting the warmth in the room.

Eleven pairs of eyes followed the sound, their sharp gazes falling on Wang Yan.

Wang Yan: Why do I feel like I have done something bad?!

He was about to say something but stopped himself. Pretending to cover up, he picked up the cup beside him and put it to his lips, carefully moistened his throat, and then put it down. His face was as gentle as usual, as if bathed in the spring breeze.

"Everyone, the schedule for the elimination rounds is out."

Hearing this, everyone's eyes became fierce.

Huo Yunche and the other three also quickly found seats and sat down, with their hands placed on their knees, as obedient as children.

Although, they are just children themselves.

"Teacher Wang, which academy will Shrek Academy play against in the next match?" Ma Xiaotao restrained the gentleness on her face, and her eyes were full of strong fighting spirit transformed from the anger she had suppressed in recent days. "Unknown." Wang Yan shook his head.

"In other words, we will face all the teams that enter the knockout stage." The smile on Wang Yan's face disappeared, turning into boundless solemnity.

"Is there an unexpected situation?" Dai Yuheng frowned.

"This knockout round adopts a brand-new competition system." Wang Yan raised his hand to adjust the slightly falling frame of his glasses. A strange look flashed in his eyes within the frame, which seemed to be dissatisfaction, but also excitement.

"The competition system is a simulated battlefield."

"Simulated battlefield?"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. It seemed that they could not fully grasp the meaning from the words alone.

"To be more precise, it's a battlefield real-life exercise. This description doesn't seem right." Wang Yan frowned slightly, and his eyes turned to the direction of the reserve team. "Do you remember what I said when the reserve team was first established?"

"Are you referring to the matter of the Sun-Moon Empire bribing the three empires?" Beibei's eyes flashed.

"The word bribe is well used." Wang Yan chuckled, and then his eyes flashed with a deep chill that the Shrek people had never seen before.

You know, in their eyes, the good old man and research maniac Mr. Wang Yan has always been known for his gentleness, and this kind of appearance is something they rarely see in their lives.

"Yes, that's it." Wang Yan nodded. "However, we just learned that in addition to providing each of the three empires with an eighth-level soul guide, the Sun-Moon Empire also signed a rare metal donation treaty for the restart of the competition four years later and the trial of the ninth-level soul guide simulated battlefield this time."

"Ninth-level soul guide?!" Everyone gasped.

Huo Yunche's mind suddenly lit up with a golden light: "Teacher Wang, the simulated battlefield you are talking about doesn't mean that all of our teams will enter this unknown ninth-level soul guide and then fight for points and rankings, right?"

Wang Yan gave Huo Yunche a look of affirmation and approval.

Huo Yunche: Isn't this a proper trial space for cultivating immortals? However, it was provided by the Sun Moon Empire? Are they so kind? Is there something fishy going on? Are they trying to control all the contemporary geniuses and force the three empires and Shrek Academy to submit?
It is no wonder that Huo Yunche has such conspiracy theories.

Ma Xiaotao and the other two looked at each other, and vaguely felt that the matter was fraught with strangeness.

At the level of the ninth-level soul guide, every time it is used, the energy consumed is an unpredictable amount. Would the Sun-Moon Empire do this for no purpose, just for a knockout match? Or was it the knockout match hosted by the Star Luo Empire?
"The resistance from all the colleges was also very strong. So," Wang Yan's eyes showed a hint of smile, "I also sent the Sun Moon Empire's reserve team in."

The Sun-Moon Empire's reserve troops were also sent in?

For a moment, the Shrek team, which consisted of eleven people including the main team, all blinked in confusion. How come they could understand every word of this sentence, but why were they so strange when put together?

"You mean that we will not only have to deal with the main teams of each major academy, but also the reserve teams of each major academy, a total of sixteen teams?" Huo Yunche relied on his past experience of reading fantasy fairy tales to quickly integrate all the information and came to this conclusion.

"That's right." Wang Yan nodded, smiling, "You're welcome. It's what I should do."

"Teacher Wang, I have a question." Beibei raised his hand expressionlessly, "Why don't you just name Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen to join the main team, but instead put the entire reserve team in?"

Wang Yan’s face froze.

"Well..." His eyes scattered unnaturally, looking around and talking about something else, "The more capable you are, the more work you should do! Haha!"

He couldn't say that he was focusing all his attention on Xuan Lao who was hiding at the side and eating chicken legs, and forgot that he could just replace two people, right? !
How embarrassing? ! !